Transition, Institutions and the Rural Sector

Transitions, Institutions and the Rural Sector is a series of essays examining and analyzing the rural transformations in the transition economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The first part of the book presents comparative studies of agrarian reform during the past decade of transition, while the second contains detailed studies of individual countries.

List of Abbreviations

ix

Introduction

xi

Max Spoor

Part 1: A Decade of Agrarian Transition Revisited

Expectations and Reality: Reflections on a Decade of Agricultural Transformation

1

(4)

Michael Ellman

A Decade of Transition in Europe and Central Asia: Design and Impact of Land Reform

5

(22)

Zvi Lerman

Lessons from Ten Years of Rural Transition

27

(20)

Johan F. M. Swinnen

Agrarian Reform in Post-Soviet States Revisited: Central Asia and Mongolia

47

(14)

Max Spoor

Part 2: Country Case Studies

Farms and Factor Markets in Russia's Agriculture

61

(22)

Eugenia Serova

Irina Khramova

Farm Restructuring, Property Rights, and Household Strategies in Rural Russia

83

(20)

Oane Visser

Rural Households, Incomes, and Agricultural Diversification in Bulgaria

103

(20)

Diana Kopeva

Julia Doichinova

Sophia Davidova

Matthew Gorton

Hannah Chaplin

Dirk Bezemer

Land Consolidation and Agricultural Services in Albania

123

(20)

Malcolm D. Childress

Pathways of Farm Restructuring in Uzbekistan: Pressures and Outcomes

143

(20)

Deniz Kandiyoti

The Rural Nonfarm Economy in Transition Countries: Findings from Armenia

163

(22)

Dirk J. Bezemer

Junior R. Davis

Rural Credit Institutions in Kyrgyzstan: The Practice of Transition Aid

185

(14)

Mathijs Pelkmans

Bibliography

199

(12)

Index

211

(4)

About the Contributors

215

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